HUM 201 Final

Descriptions of old stuff and old guys.

54 cards   |   Total Attempts: 188
  

Cards In This Set

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Perpendicular style (English Gothic)
o Emphasis on vertical lines o Highly complex vault ribbing o Elimination of the semi-circular apse in favor of a flat high wall of stained glass o Extended nave o Occasionally a double transept (Lorraine cross)
International style
· stylistic unity o Brilliant color o Lavish costume o Intricate decoration o Religious or courtly themes
Renaissance artistic innovations
Realism, Classical past, Perspective
Ars Nova
o The New Art of Music – new system of musical notation that divided the notes into smaller time units, allowing for more complicated rhythms to be represented in music notationChange in social status of musicianIncrease in secular songsGreater richness and complexity of sound, harmonies
Renaissance music
Isorhythmic, unification of the Mass, move toward homophony
Isorhythm
The tenor voice repeats a certain rhythm, borrowing a standard technique from ars nova
Cantus firmus mass
o using a Gregorian chant as the basis of the mass
Chanson mass
A kind of cantus firmus mass using a popular secular tune as the basis for the mass
Paraphrase mass
(Gregorian chant melody) – used in multiple voices
Imitation mass
You take a polyphonic composition and borrow from all the voices in your own polyphonic composition
Motet
A polyphonic composition that sets to music a sacred text
Chanson
Secular musical composition
Text depiction
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Text expression
The mood of the music matches the words
Organum
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